Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Great Game Screenshots

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The result of the debate was delete. FCYTravis 01:10, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Great Game Screenshots

Not really suitable encyclopedia content, unless there's any particular screenshots of real significance (none I can think of hand.) byped July 8, 2005 01:35 (UTC)

• Delete This game-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by deleting it -Harmil 8 July 2005 01:51 (UTC)
• Delete. "Screenshots" is plural, yet I only see one. Jaxl 8 July 2005 01:55 (UTC) The attempt at expansion is good, but I agree with others that this article is still POV. Jaxl 8 July 2005 21:07 (UTC)
  • The text clearly reads "This is an article of all the best screenshot of great video games." Obviously the title is in error. Delete. — mendel ☎ July 8, 2005 13:21 (UTC)
    • No, the text is an error. The author meant to say, "This is an article of all the best screenshots of great video games. If the word was preceded by "all of the best", then that must mean there were more than one intended. If you want a better reason to delete, then I'll give one. Not encyclopedic. Jaxl 8 July 2005 13:51 (UTC)
• Delete POV, non-encyclopedic. -Splash 8 July 2005 02:09 (UTC)
• Delete It's not encyclopedic. Anomaly1 8 July 2005 02:11 (UTC)
• Delete: The Great Game is politics. The screenshots would not apply, as colonial powers arguing and warring over the division of Asia and Africa was before computers. (I.e. the name should be "Great game screenshots" not Great Game Screenshots.) As for the article on its own, it is inherently POV and therefore impossible. It is also inherently meaningless, as it proposes a pictographic article, not a discursive one. Encyclopedias live and die by discussion, not pictures. Geogre 8 July 2005 02:26 (UTC)
• Delete and a cookie to Harmil - I think we need to make that a template. FCYTravis 8 July 2005 02:27 (UTC)
• Delete I think Harmil justfied the reason why best Jtkiefer July 8, 2005 02:27 (UTC)
• Delete non-encyclopedic Forbsey 8 July 2005 02:50 (UTC)
• Delete LMAO Harmil, ditto. --Nahallac Silverwinds July 8, 2005 03:19 (UTC)
• Delete. POV title, and a wikipedia article isn't a gallery of screenshots. - Mgm|^(talk) July 8, 2005 08:12 (UTC)
• Delete. Not encyclopedic to have one persons opinion of what a great screenshot is. Sjakkalle (Check!) 8 July 2005 08:34 (UTC)
• Delete. Image galleries can be encyclopedic content just fine. But I can't see how this title could make an article that isn't inherently POV - David Gerard 8 July 2005 08:53 (UTC)
• Don't Delete. Please everyone give the user more time to expand the article and correct their errors. Maybe they accidently hit save page before they were ready. Did you even think about that maybe they were going to improve on it. Or did you just jump to immediate deletion. I say we give then more time. If the article isan't any better in three days then we can delete it. Sail max 6-22-05 8 July 2005 10:33 (UTC)

• People do tend to jump on artices to delete them, that is true. However, the VfD process lasts a full 5 days from the time of nomination. Voters can, and often do, change their vote in that period if an article is significantly revised. In practise, a VfD is often not closed for about 10 days and most admins will count all good-faith votes cast in that time — this should give the author ample time to make their case and their article. -Splash 8 July 2005 14:48 (UTC)
• Even so, Sail max is missing the point. This is a POV article. Everyone's defintion of what a "great screenshot" is will vary. Wikipedia is not the place for articles like this. --Nahallac Silverwinds July 8, 2005 14:53 (UTC)

Oh, yes, I agree completely, as I said in my vote. -Splash 8 July 2005 16:29 (UTC)

First off I'm not missing the point from what Nahallac Silverwinds said. I understand that this is not Wikipedia material and everyone will have diffrent opinions. So my suggestion is that if people don't like the screenshots they can come and add their own. Maybe this can be a page where everyones feelings of great screenshots can be.-Sail max 6-22-05 8 July 2005 16:51 (UTC)

• Delete I like the idea, unfortunatly, it is non-encyclopedic.-Poli 2005 July 8 15:51 (UTC)
• Delete I'll repeat what someone else said- great idea, but not fit for Wikipedia. You (Talk) July 8, 2005 18:15 (UTC)
• Delete Why is Super Mario 64 not in there? And why is Super Mario Sunshine in there? I can see edit and revert wars here. And then the page will gwt too big to accomodate evryone's tastes. Nope, POV articles will never work. And this one cn't be un-POV'd Sonic Mew July 8, 2005 19:06 (UTC)
• Well -:Poli this actually is encyclopedia like because I sugguest other sections and give facts. Also this is a section for anybody to do what they want with their favorite screenshots.
• Why dosen't anyone just expand the article already and stop complaning about it. Sail max 6-22-05 8 July 20:04 (UTC)
  • Because it's not encyclopedic content, but an article worthy of deletion. You might be able to make this a user sub-page, however, with your opinion of the best gameshots on the wikipedia. humblefool®Have you voted in the CSD poll yet? 8 July 2005 22:27 (UTC)
    • Yes, let's be clear here. We're not saying, "this is poorly written, so delete it." We're saying, "this is an article which, by definition, cannot be NPOV". That's perhaps a subtle difference for some, but to me it draws a clear line between candidates for deltion vs. candidates for cleanup. -Harmil 00:48, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete not encyclopedic. JamesBurns 9 July 2005 03:15 (UTC)
• Delete unless some user's willing to userfy it. In the article space it's inherently POV. --Idont Havaname 20:31, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
• I agree with Sail max 6-22-05 and think that this article should not be deleted. Yes this a POV but it is everyones opinion. And it is encyclopedia like because it gives facts and dates and if you don't like the article no one is forcing you to come to it.

• Delete not encyclopedic, nothing but a screenshot gallery Jtkiefer 20:34, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete; POV, and kind of messy too. Thunderbrand 23:58, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
  • • I think that instead of deletion, this aritcle should be changed. Change the title so it isan't a POV. Add more facts and information to the characters and the games. And make it so that it isan't just a gallery of screenshots, but like a video game character profile page. What does everyone say about that?

--Sail max 6-22-05 14:33, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It could be redone to use galleries instead of that god-awful mishmash of thumbs, but I just don't think the article should exist, in any form. There are already screenshot galleries for each of the major game systems, like this---and they're sort of already de facto "the best games for the system". grendel|khan 16:46, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.